2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields in Illinois

A master's degree in engineering-related fields is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #48 out of 326 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for master's degree seekers in the field of engineering-related fields. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 219 master's degrees in engineering-related fields during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Engineering-Related Fields School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in engineering-related fields matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields in Illinois ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of engineering-related fields students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Engineering-Related Fields Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for engineering-related fields.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Engineering-Related Fields in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in engineering-related fields.

Most Well Attended Schools for Engineering-Related Fields Students Working on Their Master's

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

93 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a master's degree in engineering-related fields. UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in engineering-related fields in Illinois.

There were roughly 93 engineering-related fields individuals who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

Students who graduate with their master's from the engineering-related fields program state that they receive average early career wages of $65,300.

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Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

58 Annual Master's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in engineering-related fields has to take a look at Illinois Institute of Technology. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #4 in quality for master's degrees in engineering-related fields in Illinois.

There were roughly 58 engineering-related fields individuals who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent year we have data available.

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Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

51 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in engineering-related fields. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in engineering-related fields in Illinois.

There were approximately 51 engineering-related fields students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.

Engineering-Related Fields master's degree recipients from Northwestern University get an earnings boost of about $41,850 over the typical income of engineering-related fields majors.

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Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL

17 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in engineering-related fields needs to look into Northern Illinois University. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in engineering-related fields in Illinois.

There were roughly 17 engineering-related fields students who graduated with this degree at NIU in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Engineering-Related Fields Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	203	247
Ohio	195	103
Indiana	181	186

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Rankings in Majors Related to Engineering-Related Fields

Engineering-Related Fields is one of 18 different types of Engineering Technologies programs to choose from.

Engineering-Related Fields Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Industrial & Management Engineering	219

Majors Similar to Engineering-Related Fields

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology	158
Engineering Technology (Other)	100
Mechanical Engineering Technology	20
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	16

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.